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Where does “şişman” come from?
şişman (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish شیشمان, from Proto-Turkic *sīĺč-.
şişman
(Turkish): fat
Definitions
fat
Ancestry of “şişman”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ottoman Turkish
شیشمان
fat, fleshy, obese, plump, well-fed, corpulent, overweight, carrying more fat than usual on one's body
2
Proto-Turkic
*sīĺč-
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Words derived from “şişman”
şişmanlık
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